# Fuck the leftist purists **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-leftist-purists/1030485 **Category:** The BBQ Pit **Tags:** trump **Created:** [May 30, 2026, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-leftist-purists/1030485 "2026-05-30T00:40:01Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 167
### Author: ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure) #### Post date: [June 2, 2026, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-leftist-purists/1030485/167 "2026-06-02T03:32:08Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > I find it dubious that only 4% of Americans count as “progressive leftists”. Who were all those other people voting for Bernie, AOC, and Mamdani? I think it would be more reasonable to put the figure at 10-20%. It’s not dubious at all. It’s a typology. They survey people on a bunch of questions, then break out the bundles of opinion. Very data driven. I agree that Bernie’s potential constituency is larger. At any rate, here are the categories: Progressive Left Establishment Democrats Outsider Left Stressed Sideliners Ambivalent Right Populist Right Committed Conservatives Flag and Faith Conservatives [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:kem5cevl5sjpizk4s27cbyig/bafkreibdi4xyyvfvnps5rrka34nzimswxkalc3x3ru356u2aitgxgp5mei) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:kem5cevl5sjpizk4s27cbyig/bafkreibdi4xyyvfvnps5rrka34nzimswxkalc3x3ru356u2aitgxgp5mei) And here is the quiz if you want to find out what bin you are in: > **[Political Typology Quiz](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/quiz/political-typology/)** > > Take our quiz to find out which one of our nine political typology groups is your best match. I’m going to make a thread where we can take the quiz in a moment. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-leftist-purists/1030485)._